gets the last line, the very last line in bob woodward s book fear where it says, in the political back and forth, the evasions, the denial, the tweeting, obscuring, crying fake news, indignation, trump had one overriding problem. dowd knew but could not bring himself to say to the president, you re a f-ing liar. that s how the book ends, f-ing liar. earlier in the book, he does tell the president this. you do have trouble staying on the subject, ask that can defeat you. then you try to catch yourself, and you misstate something, and then, bam. it s like mike flynn not remembering the conversation with kislyak. there s the president s criminal defense lawyer telling him if he testifies under oath in the mueller investigation, he will commit perjury. and on that same page of the woodward book, dowd simplified his advice to the president this way. don t testify. it s either that or an orange jumpsuit.
to robert mueller s grand jury. john dowd, who quit the president s legal defense team, gets the last line, the very last line in bob woodward s book fear where it says, in the political back and forth, the evasions, the denial, the tweeting, obscuring, crying fake news, indignation, trump had one overriding problem. dowd knew but could not bring himself to say to the president, you re a f-ing liar. that s how the book ends, f-ing liar. earlier in the book, he does tell the president this. you do have trouble staying on the subject, ask that can defeat you. then you try to catch yourself, and you misstate something, and then, bam. it s like mike flynn not remembering the conversation with kislyak. there s the president s criminal defense lawyer telling him if he testifies under oath in the mueller investigation, he will commit perjury. and on that same page of the woodward book, dowd simplified
started considering a tax increase. ultimately proved his demise. he was out jogging. i was in the press pool, negotiations were going on and i did one of those very undistinguished screaming questions, mr. president, what about taxes now, or whatever it was i said? as he jogged by, he said read my hips, no new taxes. so a sense of humor. but he was considering raising taxes. and he did. and that s why bill clinton, years later, had a balanced budget. but it contributed to his losing bush losing re-election. no doubt. the book ends are very, very important. george herbert walker bush was elected, kind of on the coattails of ronald reagan s years. and when he lost in 1992, he and bill clinton it was the old guard, a new, younger generation elected, but also in that race was h. ross perot. 19 million votes perot took.
respect for him. they don t trust him. omarosa is showing us she never trusted him. keep something in mind, i don t know if you noticed this, first couple tapes were from the day she the day omarosa was fired. inside the situation room which was unbelievably spectacular she was able to tape the chief of staff to the president inside a secure room. the next tape is her conversation with the president of the united states informing him she had been fired. just those two access points are jarring. but they came the day that she was fired. this new this new tape, this new recording, with katrina and miss patton and omarosa, comes really during the campaign. think of these as two book-ends, the campaign, the end of her time at the white house. if she says she has hundreds of tapes, that means there are lots of conversations that we re going to hear about during her
tonight i will be at north vail new jersey and tomorrow rich vale new jersey at book ends, clever little name there. the book is doing great and i would like to thank everyone at the table for helping me with that. new york times best seller. i didn t want to say it because i was expecting every to someone else to say it. how many new york times bestsellers is that for you? so how many is that, 100? well, it s three. or for i think. dana? this is something new, here we have this new thing of mine. i love greg s sports corner, that was the first thing i ever did. i have some big news because i m a big sports fan. today the ncaa adopted some sweeping policy changes in hopes of cleaning up college basketball because as you know it s been engulfed in scandal